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“Ayane, once a pianist, reunites with Kou, her former student crush, at a jazz audition six years later.”
Rouge Noir
ルージュ・ノワール
6.7
14,720 rank · 1,990 readers · 2 favorites
Josei
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Ayane, once a pianist, reunites with Kou, her former student crush, at a jazz audition six years later.
Tezuka Ayane was aiming to become a pianist. She was also working as a part-time home-tutor when she met Narumiya Kou. She found herself falling for him, but there was a difference in their ages and her feelings didn’t seem to be returned. Six years have passed since then and Ayane is a music teacher in an all-girls school. One day, she goes to a jazz-piano audition and meets there Kou..! (Aerandria Scans)
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
5.0
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
33%
recommend
Score distribution
median 4.5
mode 2
σ 2.74
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.74 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.5 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 2.5
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 4.00
Running avg · Jun 2010 → Jun 2013
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I really liked this short one, it's fairly intense and rather mature so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone under 14 but it's a beautiful love story. It teaches you that you shouldn't be so rash and...”
- 3 “The story and Enjoyment was fair The Art was excellent Characters are poor 1. One student was making Ayane misserable. 2. Kyo rape Ayane and then turns out she loves him? 3. Ayane's fiance was...”
- 2 “It's unfortunate that fairly beautiful art here is used for a cliché-filled and shallow story. The most upsetting (and unrealistic) part is the protagonist's "love" for a character who rapes her, I...”
Verbosity
Short · 75%
Medium · 25%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 8 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 04m approx
- Published Jan 2008 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M7224 catalog